Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, I went to the Golden Bear Golf Center to attend the weekly swing clinic. A representative from Yes Golf was there doing putter fitting and short lessons (I regret I forgot his name). As I warmed up before the swing clinic, Alan, my instructor, took me over to the putting green and put my putting stroke on the camera. The Yes guy had me hit a few balls and then showed me that I needed a bit more forward press and needed to hit down on the ball a little more. He put a Marilyn putter in my hand and had me hit a couple of balls and he said I had a pretty good roll with little skid.

Alan and I went back to the range and spent about 30 minutes hitting balls with a 6-iron, working on fundamentals. I was striking the ball pretty good today. Alan didn’t make any major changes, just had me make sure to avoid reverse pivot and make sure to rotate my forearms through the ball.

Next, we went back to the putting green and the Yes rep gave me a putting lesson. I hit a few balls and he noticed that I tended to “pop” the ball, so he adjusted my grip by centering the putter grip along the lifelines of both hands. He also moved me closer to the ball so my eyes were directly over the target line. I had some difficulty getting used to the changes, but was rolling the ball pretty well toward the end. I’ll need some time to get used to the new setup and grip.

Alan and I went back to the range and I hit the driver. Aside from one hook and one slice, I hit the ball very well with the driver. On both poor shots, Alan noticed reverse pivot and a bit too much lateral movement, which I corrected for the most part. He also noticed that I tended to let the club get loose at the top, and fixed that as well.

Today was a great lesson, and I thank Alan and the Yes guy (sorry I forgot his name).